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First, my heartfelt thanks to all who participated in celebrating Canada’s 150th birthday.

We had 25 participants, mostly grannies, but also 4 antique car/truck drivers. These men were kind enough to transport the ladies who preferred to ride. We even had several children walking and riding their bikes! We had one grandother walk with us as well.

Many thanks to the photographers for their wonderful images.

As usual at the Parksville parade, the streets were thronged along the entire route. We Grannies seemed to receive our fair share of cheers and “go grannies” from the crowd.

A special thanks to the drivers, Tom, Neil, Bill and Bob for the use of your beautiful vehicles. Mostly because of them and Carolyn Dodd, we won a prize in the “other” category. Everyone went all out with clothing, umbrellas, tattoos and flags. We had a blast!!!

Thanks so much to everyone who signed up to walk in the parade. It looks like we will have a terrific turnout. If you didn’t sign up at the meeting, it’s not too late to join us on July 1. Please make your way to site #29 (this is our parade slot) on Pioneer Rd. We need to be there at 8:45 am, Saturday, July 1. It makes sense to either be dropped off there or park your car closer to where the parade ends at the Parksville Community Centre library and then walk down.

If you have a red granny apron please wear it….and if not, anything red will do. If you have a Canada Day umbrella, perhaps bring that along.

If you have any other questions or concerns, don’t hesitate to call Ann, Carolyn or myself.

We would love to have a good turnout for the parade. It’s a great way to raise awareness for our cause. No one has signed up to be in the cars. We’ve had a very generous offer from a car club for this opportunity. Please take advantage of it. Also remember that you do not need to walk the entire route. Friends and family are welcome to join us.

If any Oceanside G2G members have items to donate I would be happy to transport them to Nanaimo. Please call or email after June 25th: 250-585-6779; cell no. 250-927-2423 (a Parksville no.); betty-anne@shaw.ca.

Over the years this has been such a wonderful way to raise awareness for our cause. In the past we have felt very supported by the crowds. There was lots of cheering and a few people interested in joining our group.

As it is Canada’s 150th birthday we’d like to make our presence special.

• at this point we have 4 or 5 cars. I can’t get in touch with the man organizing this so don’t know at this point how many seats that translates into.

• we would like to invite ladies with great difficulty walking to submit their name if they wish to ride. If there are more ladies than seats I guess we would have to draw names.lundine.carol@gmail.com

• for those that can walk but perhaps not the entire route, you can start and finish wherever you like.

• we would encourage everyone to wear red and white. The aprons would be perfect for this.

This is a reminder to all members to please attend the upcoming event “A Common Thread” on May 17, from 1-3 pm at the Quality Inn Bayside. If you could bring a friend, that would be very much appreciated.

Tickets are $20 at Cranky Dog in Parksville and The Emporium in Qualicum Beach.

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